The European Commission is working to make the 2009 European Parliament elections more "European," proposing measures to make it easier for citizens to vote and stand as candidates in a member state other than their own.
Europeans living in another member state are gradually showing more interest in electing their MEPs, going up from 5.9 percent in 1994 to 9 percent in 1999 and 11.94 percent in 2004, according to a commission report released last week.
The figures come despite th...
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